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  • Implementation and impacts of virtual team-based care planning for older persons in formal care settings: A scoping review

    Gao H, Yous M-L, Connelly D, Hung L, Garnett A, Hay M, Snobelen N

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  • Association of clinically significant obstructive sleep apnoea with risks of contracting COVID-19 and serious COVID-19 complications: a retrospective population-based study of health administrative data

    Kendzerska T, Povitz M, Gershon AS, Ryan CM, Talarico R, Avecilla DAF, Robillard R, Ayas NT, Pendharkar SR

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  • Risk factors for COVID-19 hospitalization after COVID-19 vaccination: a population-based cohort study in Canada

    García HAV, Adu PA, Harrigan S, Wilton J, Rasali D, Binka M, Sbihi H, Smolina K, Janjua NZ

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  • Female Risk Factors for Post-Infarction Depression and Anxiety: Trial Design

    Liblik K, Hu R, Mensour EA, Foldes-Busque G, Sedlak T, Udell J, Mulvagh SL, Johri AM

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  • Self-reported Human Papillomavirus Vaccination and Vaccine Effectiveness Among Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Quantitative Bias Analysis

    Epidemiology

    March 1, 2023

    Infectious Disease & STBBIs
    Vaccines

    Chambers C, Deeks SL, Sutradhar R, Cox J, de Pokomandy A, Grennan T, Hart TA, Lambert G, Moore DM, Grace D, Grewal R, Jollimore J, Lachowsky NJ, Mah A, Nisenbaum R, Ogilvie G, Sauvageau C, Tan DHS, Yeung A, Burchell AN

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  • Moving toward Equitable Care for Sleep Apnea in the United States: Positive Airway Pressure Adherence Thresholds: An Official American Thoracic Society Policy Statement

    Am J Respir Crit Care Med

    February 1, 2023

    Health Policy
    Sleep & Health

    May AM, Patel SR, Yamauchi M, Verma TK, Weaver TE, Chai-Coetzer CL, Thornton JD, Ewart G, Showers T, Ayas NT, Parthasarathy S, Mehra R, Billings ME

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  • Effectiveness of Three Doses of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines in the Hemodialysis Population during the Omicron Period

    Clin J Am Soc Nephrol

    February 1, 2023

    COVID-19
    Nephrology
    Vaccines

    Wing S, Thomas D, Balamchi S, Ip J, Naylor K, Dixon SN, McArthur E, Kwong JC, Perl J, Atiquzzaman M, Yeung A, Yau K, Hladunewich MA, Leis JA, Levin A, Blake PG, Oliver MJ

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  • It is strongly recommended to not conduct, fund, or publish research studies that use spot urine samples with estimating equations to assess individuals’ sodium (salt) intake in association with health outcomes: a policy statement of the World Hypertension League, International Society of Hypertension and Resolve to Save Lives

    J Hypertens

    February 1, 2023

    Health Policy
    Hypertension

    Campbell NRC, Whelton PP, Orias M, Cobb LL, Jones ESW, Garg R, Willliams B, Khan N, Chia Y-C, Jafar TH, Ide N

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  • Comparison of influenza and COVID-19 hospitalisations in British Columbia, Canada: a population-based study

    BMJ Open Respir Res

    February 2, 2023

    COVID-19
    Epidemiology
    Infectious Disease & STBBIs
    Vaccines

    Setayeshgar S, Wilton J, Sbihi H, Zandy M, Janjua N, Choi A, Smolina K

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  • Variation in Anesthesiology Provider-Volume for Complex Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery: A Population-Based Study

    Ann Surg

    January 24, 2023

    Anaesthesiology
    Cancer
    Surgery & Procedures

    Hallet J, Sutradhar R, Eskander A, Carrier FM, McIsaac D, Turgeon AF, d’Empaire PP, Idestrup C, Flexman A, Lorello G, Darling G, Kidane B, Kaliwal Y, Barabash V, Coburn N, Jerath A

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  • Patient Eligibility for Established and Novel Guideline-Directed Medical Therapies After Acute Heart Failure Hospitalization

    Moghaddam N, Hawkins NM, McKelvie R, Poon S, Joncas SX, MacFadyen J, Honos G, Wang J, Rojas-Fernandez C, Kok M, Sidhu V, Zieroth S, Virani SA

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  • Impact of study design on vaccine effectiveness estimates of two mRNA COVID-19 vaccine doses in patients with stage 5 chronic kidney disease

    Naylor KL, McArthur E, Dixon SN, Kwong JC, Thomas D, Balamchi S, Blake PG, Garg AX, Atiqazaaman M, Hladunewich MA, Levin A, Yeung A, Oliver MJ

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